DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2024/2025

Students who have passed 240 credits and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year degree courses are entitled to progress to honours.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.

Students considering a transfer to single Honours in Politics must take 'Introduction to Political Data Analysis' (and achieve a mark of 50% or more at the first attempt).

Students who have passed courses to the required value of 240 credits, and achieved marks of 50% or more at the first attempt in all required second-year courses for their registered degree, are automatically entitled to progress to honours.

Students who are planning on spending their Junior Year Abroad must successfully progress to honours before they can proceed on their JYA.

Students may substitute Health Policy Analysis and Globalisation and Public Health for one 20 credit Social Policy Honours course.

If considering taking the Politics dissertation, students are strongly recommended to take 'Research Design in Politics and International Relations'.

Students are not required and not allowed to take Doing Survey Research if they have already taken and passed Introduction to Statistics for Social Science or Introduction to Political Data Analysis.